The Trump administration will undoubtedly appeal, possibly all the way to the Supreme Court. But for now, millions of people across the country will not have to make hard choices about how to feed themselves and their families. Several states that had already declared emergencies to tackle the impending crisis will have at least some temporary relief.
So there’s obviously a back and forth on the legal side, but presumably people are right now getting the funds when they go buy food, right? It says “will not have to make hard choices” but doesn’t specifically say there’s money for them right NOW.
Yeah, there’s no money. Appealing will stop the funding, and for some reason USDA said it takes “weeks” to get the SNAP debit cards reloaded. https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5583746-when-will-snap-ebt-cards-be-reloaded-delays-still-possible-despite-judges-rulings/
So hard choices are back on the menu.
I would expect the opposite. Typically courts will maintain the status quo while an appeal is ongoing, and here the status quo is that food stamps are working.
Except that the bureaucrats actually moving the money are still under Trump’s control, and are perfectly capable of slow-walking the implementation of the judge’s order, if not ignoring it entirely.
The judge’s order says that the money is supposed to go out. In the current atmosphere of unchecked corruption and tyranny, that is far from a guarantee that it actually will.
Some states gave some funds to EBT cards. Some didn’t.
https://www.thekitchn.com/snap-shutdown-2025-23752954